by Aidan Whalen | May 10, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
As the latest inflation data shows continued, albeit slow, progress toward taming record inflation, some in the housing industry—including National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun—have begun calling for the Federal Reserve to pause further...
by Aidan Whalen | May 10, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
While not happy to acknowledge negative earnings for another fiscal quarter past, Robert Reffkin, founder and CEO of tech-enabled real estate brokerage giant Compass, expressed a strong optimism at a May 9 press conference that going forward there would be positive...
by Aidan Whalen | May 10, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Following a slight decrease of 1.2% last week, mortgage applications increased 6.3% from one week earlier, according to the latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) for the week ending May 5, 2023. This week’s numbers:...
by Liz Ruggiero | May 9, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Nearly seven out of 10 metro markets registered home price gains in Q1 2023, despite mortgage rates still remaining at a high of 6.1% – 6.7%, according to a new report from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). NAR’s latest metro area index for Q1 2023...
by Liz Ruggiero | May 9, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
The amount of equity-rich homes decreased slightly from 48% in Q4 2022 to 47.2% in Q1 2023, marked the second straight quarterly decline, according to a new report from ATTOM. ATTOM’s Home Equity & Underwater Report for Q1 2023 found that 3% of mortgaged homes, or...
by Paige Brown | May 9, 2023 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
If you’re a broker, you’re probably often thinking of strategies for how to grow your team or agent count. However, growth shouldn’t be the only concern you have when it comes to team-building. In fact, there’s something to be said for maintaining a smaller team of...